Hi Nightwish,
Are there any possibilities to test nightly builds of your plugin?

Never did that (and not sure it'll work) so it's a totally noob question, but:

-where do I find the CVS?
-which exactly are the tools that I need for compiling any of the plugins (or core) correctly, presuming they would work on Win98SE?

Sorry, I'm ashamed for not knowing these basic things, but I never had a chance to get too close to coding on PC... :eek:

Thanks, I was hoping for some direct links to the "monsters", but I'll be fine.
Do you think my 64 MB RAM and 2GB free HDD space will do?  :eek:

EDIT:
Personal question(s): which one do you use most and which version would you recommend me? I see a testing version of the Tortoise CVS, as I hate commandline appz, too. Do you use that as well, or you have other software? Geez, I'm so lame!!!

Yeah... I also tried to compile stuff by myself... I had everything set... Had the code with TortoiseCVS... Had the Mingw installed... but didn't know what to do next... all the helpfiles and documents - too complicated for me, so I gave up... :/ though I still have everything installed...

Why compile a new version every day? When it's stable and new features is present, Nightwish always makes a release...

Thank you very much! I'll do my best not to screw things up too badly!
(Don't expect miracles, though...  )

As I  presumed, no miracles happened. I got it all figured out, except for the project file (tabsrmm.dev). It's too old (21.oct.2004) and claims for some header files that are not there anymore.
So, would you take a few minutes to update the project file for Dev-C++, or should I just create a new project, add all known files and go with the flow? There's too much work invested there and I don't wanna screw it up.
And another thing: as tabSRMM is directly related to the core (and maybe to some other plugins), shouldn't I have those downloaded as well? I remember I read something like that in a post, some time ago, but I didn't pay too much attention at that time.
I know, I should RTFM, but no Help or FAQ can replace a few quick expert advices. So please, be gentle with me. 

The makefiles are up to date.

If you have installed everything ok, you can open a command line, change to the directory where you have installed the tabsrmm sources, and type:

make -f Makefile.ansi

to build the non-unicode version.

Using Makefile.W32 builds the unicode version.

As for Dev-Cpp - I don't use it, so I cannot maintain the .dev files any longer.

Woohooo:
          Alt-NumPad+ and AltNumPad- cycle tabs (same as CtrlPgUp/Dn)
The only thing to do... is to compile it

edit: Hmm, I'm probably lame too, I just don't know where to type this "make -f makefile.w32" ...in command line it says "unknown command MAKE". By "command line" you mean the C:\Windows\system32\command.com, right?

edit2: Well, nowotny helped me a lot (thanks again). I finally made the "make" to "make" I got stuck with the same error as nowotny does. In the attachment, there is a full progress what the compiler does (I have no idea what ).
Nightwish... are we doing something wrong? (I think we do ) ...This is not about "getting the latest version of tabsrmm" it's about "compiling the first source ever with success" (at least for me ). Please help us oh mighty skiller

The makefiles are up to date.
If you have installed everything ok, you can open a command line, change to the directory where you have installed the tabsrmm sources, and type:
make -f Makefile.ansi
to build the non-unicode version.

And so I did. I can't remember the hundreds of errors received.
So I ask one more time: is there ANYTHING else that I have to download and/or install, besides Dev-C++ and tabSRMM sources from CVS? Thank you.

Thanks very much!
(Couldn't you've said that the first time?!  )

I guess my luck just stopped here... Look what I'm getting:

In file included from trayicon.c:35:
m_toptoolbar.h:107:7: warning: no newline at end of file

In file included from container.c:59:
m_snapping_windows.h:25:28: warning: no newline at end of file

In file included from hotkeyhandler.c:46:
m_Snapping_windows.h:25:28: warning: no newline at end of file

msglog.c: In function `BuildCodePageList':
msglog.c:1384: warning: passing arg 1 of `EnumSystemCodePagesA' from incompatible pointer type

msgoptions.c:853: warning: static declaration of 'DlgProcContainerOptions' follows non-static declaration
msgdlgutils.h:60: warning: previous declaration of 'DlgProcContainerOptions' was here

In file included from msgs.c:37:
m_toptoolbar.h:107:7: warning: no newline at end of file
msgs.c: In function `InitREOleCallback':
msgs.c:1156: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type

dllwrap.exe --output-def A/libtabsrmm.def --implib A/libtabsrmm.a A/urlctrl.o A/
userprefs.o A/templates.o A/eventpopups.o A/trayicon.o A/formatting.o A/ImageDat
aObject.o A/themes.o A/sendqueue.o A/msgdlgutils.o A/container.o A/containeropti
ons.o A/hotkeyhandler.o A/msgdialog.o A/msglog.o A/msgoptions.o A/msgs.o A/selec
tcontainer.o A/srmm.o tabsrmm_private.res -L"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib" --no-export-all-sym
bols --add-stdcall-alias c:/dev-cpp/lib/libgdi32.a c:/dev-cpp/lib/libole32.a c:/
dev-cpp/lib/libuser32.a c:/dev-cpp/lib/libcomctl32.a c:/dev-cpp/lib/libuuid.a c:
/dev-cpp/lib/libcomdlg32.a  c:/dev-cpp/lib/libstdc++.a -mwindows -s -o ../../bin
/release/plugins/tabsrmm.dll
Bad command or file name

While the warnings are no big deal and it went over them, the last command (and the most important one) will not work. The only thing I think about is a Win9x limitation in strings' length.
You will notice that the I've replaced the default folder Release_MINGW32_ANSI with just A to shorten the string, but to no avail.
I've also created the output folder and it's subfolders D:\miranda\bin\release\plugins\ , while the whole project is located in D:\miranda\.

Now, is there the slightest possibility that I could merge all those .o files into a single one, so I could shorten the command string? Or could it be something else wrong here?
I have to mention that the whole c:\Dev-Cpp\bin\ is in my autoexec.bat's PATH and it's recognized, so calling dllwrap.exe is not an issue (also checked it without parameters and it responded accordingly).

dllwrap.exe --output-def A/libtabsrmm.def --implib A/libtabsrmm.a A/urlctrl.o A/
userprefs.o A/templates.o A/eventpopups.o A/trayicon.o A/formatting.o A/ImageDat
aObject.o A/themes.o A/sendqueue.o A/msgdlgutils.o A/container.o A/containeropti
ons.o A/hotkeyhandler.o A/msgdialog.o A/msglog.o A/msgoptions.o A/msgs.o A/selec
tcontainer.o A/srmm.o tabsrmm_private.res -L"C:/Dev-Cpp/lib" --no-export-all-sym
bols --add-stdcall-alias c:/dev-cpp/lib/libgdi32.a c:/dev-cpp/lib/libole32.a c:/
dev-cpp/lib/libuser32.a c:/dev-cpp/lib/libcomctl32.a c:/dev-cpp/lib/libuuid.a c:
/dev-cpp/lib/libcomdlg32.a  c:/dev-cpp/lib/libstdc++.a -mwindows -s -o ../../bin
/release/plugins/tabsrmm.dll
Bad command or file name

All directories which are used in the Makefile must exist before you start the build. The build tools will not create them when needed.

If you rename directories, you'll need to edit the Makefile(s) aswell.

Also, you need to create the *final* directory (../../bin/release/plugins/ in that case) before you start the build.

Nightwish, please. I know that you are very busy
> http://www.miranda.or.at/forums/index.php/topic,631.msg3656.html#msg3656

Most likely TCS_HOTTRACK not defined. Check tabsrmm_private.rc, it should look like:

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// THIS FILE WILL BE OVERWRITTEN BY DEV-C++!
// DO NOT EDIT!

#define UDS_HOTTRACK 0x0100
#define TCS_HOTTRACK 0x0040

#include "resource.rc"
#include "msgwindow.rc"

You were right! The file was modified (i noticed that there was a different sub-icon but I didn't know what that means)... it was like:

// THIS FILE WILL BE OVERWRITTEN BY DEV-C++!
// DO NOT EDIT!

#include "resource.rc"

And yes, Dev-cpp overwrites it which is annoying, because you have to restore it everytime that happens. There is no fix for this, because I don't work with Dev-Cpp and my editor is a bit smarter

AT LAST !!! It works! God damn it this is awesome! (oh I'm sooooo good ...eh what I mean - you're the one!)
Finally I can use these Alt++ and Alt+- hotkeys

So nobody cares about the "retarded" Win98 anymore, huh? Dev-C++ won't make it because of that damn DOS limitation,

You may be right about that DOS limitations regarding filenames and such on the command line. Didn't think about this, but it may cause problems. I know that the cygwin tools are supposed to work on 9x, and they can provide a nice shell replacement (bash, well known from Linux and other *ix type operating systems).

and VS... well, installing a whole DVD-wide application just for compiling a half-meg dll is just not my intention, not to mention about low HDD space.

I wouldn't install VS.NET on a machine with less than 256 MB RAM - the old visual C++ 6 should still work on smaller machines, but I cannot guarantee that tabSRMM will compile on it.

The res/leftarrow.ico seems to be missing in the cvs...

http://jlinhart.00.spsdk.cz/zlo_.avi

WTF? I'm so hopeless! Some idea to solve this problem?
Window isn't refreshing/repainting 

Looks like an IEView problem. Does it work with the default message log?

Didn't want to open a new thread for this and this one seems somewhat related, so...

Log Message:
added support for new xStatus modes (ICQJ Alpha 12 or later)

How will this take effect exactly in TabSRMM?